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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in online learning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like State University of New York to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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